April 2024
Sorrowful Saturday
Alleluiah! We are now in Eastertide, that glorious 50-day period of celebrating the light of Christ in this world. Â Just as Christians have done ...
Written by
Cathy Carphin
We Together 2024
We Together 2024 will take place on Friday, April 12 and Saturday, April 13 at the Baumann Centre and St John the Divine, Victoria. Register ...
Written by
Faith Tides
Are we disenchanted or misenchanted? A We Together preview
Disenchantment, re-enchantment and misenchantment: these are the central terms and themes of a course I’m teaching this semester. In one of my lectures at the ...
Written by
John J. Thatamanil
Anglican Foundation releases Say Yes! To Kids Sunday liturgy
On April 2, the Anglican Foundation of Canada will launch the fourth annual Say Yes! to Kids campaign. Say Yes! to Kids initially launched ...
Written by
Faith Tides
St Peter, Comox team raises $4,700 in CNOY walk
On the evening of Saturday, Feb. 24, seven members of the St Peter, Comox parish joined with 40,900 other walkers across Canada in the annual ...
Garden gives hope in Lantzville
The current St Philip by-the-Sea church building was completed in 2000. When it first opened, its unique architecture and beautiful garden were clearly visible from ...
The road to Notch Hill
We usually drive far more highways than we do roads. Roads are intimate and local. Roads meander. Roads pause for things. They run under deep ...
St Luke, Cedar Hill offers words and music to calm your spirit
St Luke, Cedar Hill is offering a monthly service, called Reflections. Enjoy music in the beautiful candlelit ambiance of St Luke church in the late ...
Colonialism to creation care: ninety minutes for justice
I am now into my third year of retirement from parish ministry. While casting around, wondering what to do now, I read a blog and ...
Bishop's Column
Children of God
April 2, 2024
Zondervan recently released a book entitled, The Great Dechurching: Who’s Leaving, Why Are They Going, and What Will It Take to Bring Them Back?  The ...
Existing for the sake of our neighbours
February 29, 2024
William Temple, theologian and Archbishop of Canterbury, was fond of reminding us that the church exists primarily for the sake of those who are still ...
The harvest is plentiful
February 1, 2024
“The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few” (Matthew 9:37)  It has been such a joy to begin 2024 with the very happy news ...
Reflections
The road to Notch Hill
April 2, 2024
We usually drive far more highways than we do roads. Roads are intimate and local. Roads meander. Roads pause for things. They run under deep ...
My Journey
The winding path to ministry, ‘Pranglicanism’ and sailing
Vernon Foster
February 29, 2024
Vernon Foster will be joining the Diocese of Islands and Inlets as the incumbent at St Paul, Nanaimo, from May 1, 2024. Here he tells ...
Diocesan Theologian
Are we disenchanted or misenchanted? A We Together preview
April 2, 2024
Disenchantment, re-enchantment and misenchantment: these are the central terms and themes of a course I’m teaching this semester. In one of my lectures at the ...